Senior Security Consultant (M/F) - Hybrid Working

Company Description

Joining Advens means becoming part of a leading cybersecurity firm, dedicated to protecting organizations that are increasingly exposed to cyber threats. Our mission is to support these organizations in fulfilling their essential functions.

Our team of nearly 600 experts is based throughout France, as well as in Montreal and Europe, with recent expansions into Italy, including offices in Milan and Rome.

Our mission of protection drives us daily, but we strive for more. We believe that our performance in cybersecurity should contribute to making a positive impact on the world.

Our core values—#Boldness, #Collective, and #Impact—have guided us since our inception and continue to drive our actions and improvements.

We support individual projects through training, career mobility, and personal development, fostering a work-life balance that promotes personal fulfillment. We value autonomy in the workplace and encourage flexibility in daily organization.

To maintain our strong team spirit, we regularly engage in moments of conviviality and sharing, always with a touch of humor.

We seek not only cybersecurity experts but also committed and passionate individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Job Description

Head of GRC team (in construction)

Responsibilities:

• Support a portfolio of customers in their cybersecurity initiatives and manage entrusted projects.
• Contribute to Advens’ development through innovation and curiosity.
• Provide expert consultancy on regulatory compliance, risk management, and cybersecurity governance.
• Conduct gap analysis and support the development of client security strategies, technologies, policies, and programs, with a focus on Microsoft Cybersecurity.
• Act as a part-time or interim CISO (CISO-as-a-Service), offering strategic guidance and incident management expertise.
• Support audit readiness and ensure alignment with governance frameworks and business objectives.
• Assist in pre-sales activities by collaborating with corporate colleagues, preparing proposals, presenting solutions, and engaging with prospective clients.
• Maintain strong client relationships and identify opportunities for additional services.
• Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset by identifying and pursuing new business development opportunities.
• Build and lead a team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

Examples of potential projects include:

• Developing a cybersecurity master plan for an industrial group.
• Redesigning the security policy for a global leader in mass retailing.
• Managing a compliance project for a hospital.
• Analyzing risks for a cloud migration project.
• Designing and implementing an awareness plan for a health sector unicorn.
• Organizing and conducting a cyber crisis simulation exercise for the general management of a banking group.

Qualifications

• Proven Cybersecurity skills
• Strong customer engagement skills.
• Project management expertise
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Willingness to take on various roles, including pre-sales, people management, and project management.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to teach and adapt information for different audiences.

Additional Information

Whatever your degree or background, we are above all looking for skills, values and motivation.

Our programmes to promote education and inclusion enable us to take on profiles from a wide range of backgrounds, and we're extremely proud of this, because we're convinced that this is how our team is enriched, and that diversity is an invaluable source of creativity and innovation.

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